Prefabricated Library building, Moorindil Street, Tewantin, August 1974

The first library in Noosa Shire was opened on the 1st of December 1973, in a building donated by the ANZ Bank, the land, located on Moorindil Street in Tewantin, was donated by Noosa Shire Council. A committee of local residents formed in 1971, to lobby council for a free public library for the community. The resulting effort saw the foundation of the library on Moorindil Street in 1973. At the opening, the Tewantin Lions Club donated a caravan to the library that would become the first Noosa Mobile Library (Source: Noosa News, 3 May 1973, p. 1 & 17 May 1973, p. 15)